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Big Brothers Big Sisters needs more people to come on board to help mentor the youth.
For that, the organisation yesterday took some of the children involved in the programme for a graffiti lesson on the corner of Jan Smuts Avenue and Empire Road, where a graffiti artist painted an advertisement to promote the project.
The non-profit organisation, based in Melville, Joburg, deals with provi...
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But victim still feels let down over 2002 ordeal as another officer keeps her in dark
Rape survivor Marchal Conradie has sought justice for nearly four years - now the policeman who bungled her case is being criminally charged.
Conradie's ordeal started on December 10 2002 when she was repeatedly raped at her Lyttelton, Tshwane, home.
A suspect was arrested three weeks later and ...
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Minister says department must act to protect pupils, teachers
If violence, abuse and drugs are to become a familiar and accepted part of schooling in South Africa, the country's future will be lost.
This is according to Education Minister Naledi Pandor, who spoke at the school safety colloquium hosted by her department in Pretoria yesterday.
She said the government was determined...
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Safety and Security Minister Charles Nqakula has joined President Thabo Mbeki in condemning the media and sections of society for the "witch-hunting" campaign against embattled National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
Reacting to calls by religious leaders to investigate Selebi because of his friendship with Glenn Agliotti, who has been arrested over the murder of mining magnate Brett Kebbl...
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Man still waiting after 11 months, but Home Affairs' story stays the same
A Joburg man says Home Affairs is fuelling corruption, as desperation drives people to buy their ID books.
Trust Bond (27) has been waiting 11 months for a replacement ID book, which has yet to arrive.
Bond says he is not willing to buy an ID book because "I am a church person".
But he says he understands...
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There is no need for President Thabo Mbeki to wait for the Kebble murder case to be wrapped up before investigating national police Commissioner Jackie Selebi.
According to Johan Burger, a senior researcher at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS), the President nee4ds to order such an investigation immediately to lift the “cloud of suspicion” over Selebi’s head.
Selebi has come under imm...
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President Mbeki yesterday asked church leaders to trust his judgment on the Selebi issue.
With calls for the resignation of Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi echoing around the country, President Mbeki assured church leaders he would not hesitate to act against any wrongdoing.
Calls for Selebi’s resignation followed the arrest of his close friend, Glen Agliotti, for the murder of mining magn...
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There is no way suspected murderer and rapist Ananias Mathe, 29, could have escaped from C-Max prison without “some collusion” with prison guards.
Minister of Correctional Services Ngconde Balfour, speaking on a national radio programme yesterday, said “Nobody can just take off handcuffs… and nobody takes notice of that.”
Balfour called for action to be taken, saying: “There must be some inv...
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There is still no official confirmation that Clinton Nassif has turned state witness in the Brett Kebble murder case.
It has been widely reported that the former security provider of the slain mining magnate will testify against Glenn Agliotti in return for immunity from the State, but the NPA will neither confirm nor deny this.
Very little is known about Nassif, who heads his own company. ...
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In a country where many girls stand a greater chance of being raped than of learning to read, raising awareness about abuse has become the responsibility of every citizen.
This was the message from the Department of Provincial and Local Government at the postcard and SMS campaign launch of the 16 Days of Activism Against Woman and Child Abuse in Winterveld, outside Pretoria, yesterday.
Deput...
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The police and the prosecuting authorities have slammed "rogue elements" within law enforcement for spreading disinformation about the ongoing Brett Kebble murder investigation.
"It's a total nightmare," National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) spokesperson Makhosini Nkosi told The Star yesterday. "Certain people who consider themselves to be suspects are planting things in the media to force us t...
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Michael Jackson has pleaded not guilty to the murder of a streetchild.
The brother of Teazers owner Lolly Jackson also pleaded not guilty to charges of pointing a firearm, assault with intent to commit grievous bodily harm and handling a firearm while under the influence of an intoxicating substance.
Yesterday a former streetchild told the Cape High Court that he was "heartsore" after witn...
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The Democratic Alliance says apartheid and the poverty it helped spawn could not be used as an excuse for violent crime.
In its review of the criminal justice system, the DA blamed ineffective leadership of the departments of Safety and Security, Correctional Services and Justice as a major contributor to the spiralling crime rate.
The party's deputy spokesperson on prisons, Rafeek Shah, sai...
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Asset Forfeiture Unit wants 'crime doesn't pay' message to hit criminals hard
A billion rands - that's the total value of the property seized from alleged or proven criminals in the past seven years.
Now, after a series of recent court victories against drug dealers, illegal shebeen owners, drunk drivers and speedsters, the state's Asset Forfeiture Unit (AFU) is fighting for the righ...
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At least 400 000 members of the public are under investigation for social security fraud.
This was announced yesterday by Social Development Minister Zola Skweyiya.
He said in Cape Town his department had initially focused on fraud involving public servants and had now turned its attention to the private sector.
Already, 43 705 government officials had been investigated for fraudulently ...
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Two awaiting-trial prisoners, who allegedly killed one of the two police officers escorting them to court, have denied the charges of murder and attempted murder against them.
It has taken the police four months to haul Thulani Ndlovu (30), of Yeoville, and Andrew Thobela (56) to the Johannesburg High Court to answer charges of murdering Modikeni Riba and attempting to kill Piet Kgafele Maleka ...
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We struggled for liberty. Blood was shed and lives sacrificed as we fought for the freedom to create a new country in which we would all be equal. Even as many lost their lives, and many lost loved ones, most never lost hope.
Now, on a new battlefield, we must fight again as a nation to liberate ourselves from crime. We must bring an end to the new apartheid that separates us with its barbed w...
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The Star pledges R1-million to community policing forums - Gauteng MEC reveals new safety plan for the province
Ordinary South Africans rose up to fight and overcome apartheid - now they must mobilise to rid the country of crime.
This was the message yesterday from a fired-up Deputy Minister of Safety and Security Susan Shabangu, who was speaking at the launch of a partnership betwee...
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Excellent co-operation between detectives from the Kempton Park SAPS and a private investigation company has led to the arrest of eight men believed to be involved in an armed robbery at a local business.
Police have recovered stolen goods worth about R1,5-million, found to be in the suspects' possession.
Superintendent Eugene Opperman said staff at the company, called Skye, which is situate...
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Two gunmen have robbed staff at the Ekurhuleni metro's licensing department in Wadeville, Germiston, of an undisclosed amount of cash.
Metro police spokesperson Jimmy Maboko said two gunmen first held up two security guards - a man and a woman - at the licensing department in Boekenhout Street at about 5pm yesterday.
Two female employees who had worked late were surprised by the robbers afte...
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